Roy Haggerty

Neil Hudgell would be well-advised to learn that it’s possible to have a thought without immediately broadcasting it.

Blimey, that was a poor show from GB. Defence was ok, sure, although we should note that Tonga offered very little attacking threat for most of the game beyond big physical runners. Our attack, though, was shocking. Looked like we’d never trained together. And the discipline was unforgivable. Losing so much possession through bad PTBs was terrible.

Kevin Iro’s lad playing wing for Cookies. My god, but I’m old.

It's been a great fairytale for Salford this year. I hope they get a lot more fans off the back of it. However, even a team with a very strong squad would struggle to lose players as key as Hastings (best half in the competition), Jones (Salford's best forward) and Bibby (their best threequarter) all at the same time. And Salford don't have a strong squad, with effectively none of the youth conveyor belt which enables clubs like Saints, Wigan and Leeds to cope with player departures. Unless they find someone with a big wallet willing to recruit top replacements, next year could be a tricky one for them.

Think you might have made a Freudian slip in there matey.

These interviews just remind me how great our rugby league players are. They’re all so modest, so generous, and actually bloody eloquent. love our sport.

LMS should never be interviewed after a big win! hahahaha

Jackson Hastings showing real grace there. Good lad.

My god but I hated every second of the first 70 minutes of that. But thank goodness it’s over. Well played Salford, and what a fantastic run they had, and what a great performance in the final.

Aaaaaaaand breathe.

Thank you. Penalty. Thank you thankyouthankyou.

Please lads. Please. Just put a drop goal over. Please. Please.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrereeeeessssssssssssssssssssss

Here it comes. Terrible last tackle option followed by stupid penalty. Choke.

Saints are in trouble. They were brilliant till 12-0 and then they very clearly took the foot off the gas in both attack and defence. And it’s incredibly hard to get back to full speed when you’ve done that. Also, with just 1 score ahead and Salford looking much more threatening in the saints 30 than saints do in Salford’s 30, the mental weakness will tell. salford will win this.